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Amazon Web Services (AWS)'s biggest conference of the year is just around the corner, and all signs point to it being an eventful one. AWS re:Invent 2024 kicks off in Las Vegas on Sunday, with sessions scheduled to run until December 6th. The keynote featuring AWS CEO Matt Garman will be held on December 3rd at exactly 8am Pacific Time. AWS will be livestreaming the keynote on YouTube and will be covering everything presented on stage. Pay attention to that as well as the stories that pop up over the course of re:Invent. Notably, this is Garman's first time at…

When ServiceTitan filed papers for an IPO last week, aiming to debut by the end of 2024, the tech industry wondered if the stalled IPO market would finally open up. Unfortunately, probably not. However, ServiceTitan may actually be a harbinger of something else entirely. That means a series of late-stage companies will be forced to IPO or expose other ugly terms they agreed to after the VC funding market crashes in 2022 and valuations plummet. “Yes, we will see more of this as ZIRP companies launch IPOs. Hiding these details in the S-1, even if it is hard to understand…

Uber is expanding its fleet of gig workers and creating a new category: AI annotation and data labeling. The ride-hailing company has begun hiring contractors for a new AI and data labeling division called Scaled Solutions. According to a report from Bloomberg, these employees not only complete projects for Uber's internal business units, but also provide services to external customers such as self-driving car company Aurora Innovation and video game developer Niantic. It is said that there is. According to a report from Bloomberg, Uber has begun recruiting contractors in countries including the United States, Canada, and India. Uber's move…

Security researchers have discovered two previously unknown zero-day vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are being actively exploited by Russia-linked hacking group RomCom, targeting Firefox browser users and Windows device owners in Europe and North America. RomCom is a cybercrime group known for carrying out cyberattacks and other digital intrusions on behalf of the Russian government. The group was linked to a ransomware attack targeting Japanese technology giant Casio last month, but is also known for its aggressive stance against organizations allied with Ukraine, which Russia invaded in 2014. There is. Researchers at security firm ESET found that in order for rom-coms to…

This week, Dom and Becca are speaking with the co-founders of Alloy Women's Health. The startup just closed a new round of funding to expand its mission to solve menopause care. Alloy founders Monica Molenaar and Anne Fulenwider believe in raising capital in a competitive medical technology environment, choosing to bypass traditional insurance models, and using this funding to scale their telemedicine platform nationally. We talked about how it could help. They also discuss: How the co-CEO model was a natural fit for their leadership style How the company's platform addresses supply and demand issues in specialty care Systematic issues…

Bluesky, a rapidly growing social networking startup that is an alternative to Twitter/X built on open web principles, said in a livestream Monday that its approach to user account authentication is similar to Meta and X. We clarified how it differs from existing services. With a verification payment model, where users pay a fee for the privilege of a blue check to verify their identity, Bluesky envisions a system where there will be multiple verification providers to serve the needs of the broader community. . Currently, the only way to authenticate your account with Bluesky is by adopting a custom…

Vikram Bhaskaran was leading creator partnerships at Pinterest when his father started showing early symptoms of ALS, a rare end-stage neurodegenerative disease. “It turned my world upside down,” Bhaskaran said. He worked during the day and spent his nights Googling about diseases and treatments and joining Facebook groups. However, Bhaskaran found it incredibly difficult to find clear and helpful information about his father's condition. “I was sitting surrounded by some of the brightest minds in engineering and design in Silicon Valley,” he said. “But health-wise, it felt like the dark ages.” So in the midst of the pandemic, Bhaskaran teamed…

Meeting recording is becoming a common service as the number of startups offering speech-to-text services increases. There are many tools that provide AI assistants that can join meetings, capture system audio, and transcribe and summarize meetings. Y Combinator-backed Circleback aims to differentiate itself by offering detailed notes and action items. Additionally, this tool allows you to automatically gain insights based on your transcripts. The company was founded in 2023 by former Stripe engineer Ali Haghani and former Tableau engineer Kevin Jacyna. The two began building a conferencing tool that would serve as a searchable knowledge base. Initially, the tool only…

There are other great reasons to join a defense startup besides patriotism. That means the pay is very good. Thanks to the Federal Funds Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA), we now know how much Anduril, a defense technology startup valued at $14 billion, pays its top employees. The law requires companies to report maximum compensation after receiving at least 80% of their annual gross revenue from federal awards and earning at least $25 million in annual gross revenue from these awards. (Mr. Anduril reportedly told investors that revenue reached $500 million last year.) The data in this report also includes…

There are other great reasons to join a defense startup besides patriotism. That means the pay is very good. Thanks to the Federal Funds Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA), we now know how much Anduril, a defense technology startup valued at $14 billion, pays its top employees. The law requires companies to report maximum compensation after receiving at least 80% of their annual gross revenue from federal awards and earning at least $25 million in annual gross revenue from these awards. (Mr. Anduril reportedly told investors that revenue reached $500 million last year.) The data in this report also includes…